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Antonio Orgiu et al., « Knowledge obsolescence and loss in firms », HAL-SHS : sociologie, ID : 10.51257/a-v1-g7022
In a rapidly changing world, marked by the acceleration of technological progress and the dynamism of the regulatory environment, the phenomenon of obsolescence appears to be inevitable. This phenomenon can have an impact on physical entities (such as an electronic component) or abstract entities (such as knowledge), which can quickly lose their value in use. Another phenomenon, often associated with obsolescence although distinct, has an impact on knowledge, and it is the involuntary loss of knowledge. In an industrial context, knowledge is an important asset for an organization, upon which the ability to make decisions and pursue growth strategies depends. It is therefore important to take into account the risks resulting from knowledge obsolescence and to know how to manage them. However, while the loss of knowledge is widely addressed in the literature,obsolescence remains a relatively unexplored phenomenon. The objective of this article is therefore to explain the differences between obsolescence and the loss of knowledge, and to highlight their respective causes. Beyond identifying critical knowledge within a company, its major contribution lies precisely in the comparison of these two phenomena, which has never been addressed before.